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In <whatever-this-language-is-actually-called> English is known as  ინგლისი /inglisi/.
In <whatever-this-language-is-actually-called> English is known as  ინგლისი /inglisi/.
Thinking of calling this language "Dagarian" in English and დაგარი (თქარინ) natively. Thoughts?
Maybe დაგარი is related to the word for "people" or "nation". It's got nothing to do with Dagestan.


==Background information==
==Background information==
A language spoken in central and western Georgia.


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
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| '''ჰ''' /h/
| '''ჰ''' /h/
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! Liquid
! Approximant
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| '''რ''' /r/ '''ლ''' /l/
| '''რ''' /r/ '''ლ''' /l/
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| /j/<nowiki>*</nowiki>
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| /w/<nowiki>*</nowiki>
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>The semi-vowels /j, w/ only occur in diphthongs and are not consistently represented in the orthography.


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
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| colspan="2"| '''ა''' /a/
| colspan="2"| '''ა''' /a/
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Diphthongs do actually occur even though they are badly represented in the orthography.


===Stress===
===Stress===
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===Running speech===
===Running speech===
Maybe aspiration gets dropped in running speech and replaced by a modal/creaky voice distinction?


==Orthography==
==Orthography==

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